Bushland crushes Idalou to complete sweep

By Lee Passmore Amarillo Globe-News

Saturday

May 4, 2019 at 10:17 PMMay 4, 2019 at 10:17 PM

Bushland took care of business decisively Saturday afternoon to move on to the next round of the postseason.

The Falcons scored five runs in the top of the second to grab control of the game and never let up, invoking the 10-run mercy rule in a 15-2 six-inning victory over Idalou in a Class 3A bidstrict playoff game at Plainview High. Coupled with a 7-3 in Friday's game one, Bushland (19-5-1) completed a series sweep.

Bushland had only two hits in the second inning en route to taking a 5-0 lead. The Falcons added four more in the fourth, then invoked the run rule with six in the top of the sixth.

Brody Phillips had two hit and drove in three runs for Bushland while Seth Homfeld pitched 5 2/3 innings, giving up only one hit and one earned run.

River Road wins two to advance: With their season on the verge after a loss and a fog delay, the River Road Wildcats responded by winning two games over Brownfield in Lockney, 5-3 in eight innings and 14-2 in the third game to advance to the area round.

The teams actually weren't able to finish their first game on Friday, which was halted in the seventh inning due to fog, and when it continued Saturday, Brownfield won 14-6. But that was as good as it got for Brownfield.

Game two was a pitching-oriented game, as the two teams were tied after seven innings at 3-3. Lance Welps, the winning pitcher for River Road (18-11) led off the eighth with a single and went to second after Kelton Bethel walked. Welps then stole third and came home when the throw went into the outfield. Thomas Scott singled home an insurance.

The second game wasn't anywhere near as competitive. Brownwood (12-19) began the scoring in the top of the first, but the Wildcats responded with nine runs in the bottom of the inning to take control of the game. River Road had six hits in the inning, highlighted by J.J. Canada's two-run single and Bethel's two-run double.

In the fourth the Wildcats go the 10-run margin on a single by Welps and a bases-loaded walk by Hunter Frye.

Hereford sweeps Dumas: Hereford completed a sweep of Dumas at Gruver, taking the lead with two runs in the top of the fourth en route to a 6-3 victory to advance to the area round.

The game was tied 3-3 in the top of the fourth when Hereford (11-11-1) took the lead for good on Mitchell Carnahan's two-run double. Carnahan had two hits as did Josiah Pena and D.J. Ellis.

Pena was the winning pitcher, going six innings for the victory. Britt Cave pitched the seventh to earn the save.

Hereford will take on Pecos next week in the area round.

Dumas finishes the season 9-16.

Estacado sweeps Perryton: Perryton's postseason run ended quickly, as the Rangers were no-hit by Lubbock Estacado's Keanu Maldonado 10-0 in game two of a best-of-three series at Randall to complete a sweep of the series.

Perryton (8-13-1) lost Friday's first game at Randall 5-2. The second one wasn't nearly as close, as the Rangers couldn't get a hit off Maldonado and lost by the run rule in six innings, as Estascado (19-9-1) put the game away with four runs in the top of the sixth.

The Matadors were also productive at the plate with 11 hits, as four players had at least two hits.

Class 2A

West Texas High, Sunray sweep: In a pair of matchups involving Panhandle schools prior to Saturday, West Texas High swept Memphis and Sunray did the same to Clarendon.

West Texas High (11-9) pretty much did as expected against a Memphis team which had won only one game in a pair of games Thursday at Randall. The Comanches didn't give up a hit in winning the first game 21-1 in five innings, and completed the sweep with another run rule win, 12-2 in the second game. WT High will play Sundown in the area round next week.

The Sunray-Clarendon series was a bit more of a surprise since Sunray is a first-year varsity program. The Bobcats (17-4) won a pitchers' duel in the first game 2-1, then rolled to a 13-4 win in the second game to complete the sweep of Clarendon (7-7).

Sunray will face New Deal in the area round.

Wellington beats Boys Ranch in third game: In the third game of a best-of-three series Friday, Wellington jumped on Boys Ranch early then invoked the run rule with seven runs in the bottom of the sixth for a 12-2 victory to move on to the area round.

The Skyrockets (16-2) scored the first five runs of the game although Boys Ranch (6-11) cut it to 5-2 in the top of the sixth. But Wellington ended it early with seven in the bottom of the inning.

Creighton Killian, Rowdy Duncan, Adrian Orozco and Seven Wilbur all drove in two runs for Wellington.

Class 1A

Booker loses in three to Kress: Booker overcame a game one loss to force a third game at West Texas HIgh by beating Kress 7-3 in game two, but fell on a walk-off in the second game 10-9 as the Kiowas saw their season end.

Booker (4-12) took a 7-0 lead in the first three innings of the second game. Diego Dominguez had two hits and drove in three runs for the Kiowas and Israel Banuelos threw a complete game victory.

In the second game, Booker took a 9-7 lead into the bottom of the seventh and couldn't hold it. Booker booted a ground ball with the score tied, allowing Kress (12-6-1) to score the winning run.

Canyon softball sweeps Monahans: The Canyon Lady Eagles kept on rolling along in Class 4A softball, as they shut out Monahans 10-0 at Lubbock Cooper to complete the sweep of their area round series.

Canyon (23-10) won 14-2 in Friday's first game and the Lady Eagles picked up where they left off in game two. They scored eight runs in the bottom of the third to take control.

Candain Callahan had three hits and drove in three runs for Canyon and Kaylie Davis pitched five shutout innings.

Dumas goes three to beat Fort Stockton: After losing game one at Snyder, Dumas was forced to go the distance to beat Fort Stockton in a best-of-three series, winning game two 14-4 and game three 5-3 to advance to the region quarterfinals against Canyon.

Yasmin Martinez homered in each of the final two games for Dumas (24-12), who now has 68 home runs on the season. The Demonettes will host Canyon on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. in the first game of a best of three series and will play at Canyon at the same time Friday. Game three, if necessary, will be noon Saturday at Canyon.

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